hard-line

adj

Definition

› unwilling to change an opinion or position: a hard-line opponent of reform hard line n [U] › The president has taken a hard line on the budget. hard-liner n [C] › The Senator is a hard-liner on law and order.

(Definition of hard-line adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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